Alcohol Research Group

  • Cheryl J. Cherpitel, DrPH

  • Email

    ccherpitel@arg.org

  • Phone

    925 528-9055

  • Expertise

    The epidemiology of alcohol, drug use and injuries in emergency room (ER) populations globally, and in the general population;; validity of self-reported alcohol consumption; health services utilization; risk taking and risk curve analysis of alcohol and injuries; drinking patterns and problems among primary care patients and Mexican origin individuals at the U.S. Mexico border; and screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems.
Current Projects
Completed Projects
Selected Publications
  • Cherpitel, C. J., Li, L., & Kerr, W. C.  (2023). The relationship between drinking patterns and chronic health conditions: New evidence from two U.S. national alcohol surveys. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 84 (5) 661-669 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C. J., Ye, Y., & Kerr, W. C (2022). Association of short-term changes in drinking after onset of a serious health condition and long-term heavy drinking. American Journal of Epidemiology, 241 109691 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C. J., Witbrodt, J., Ye, Y., Monteiro, M. G., Málaga, H., Báez, J., & Valdés, M. (2021). Road traffic injuries and substance use among emergency department patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru. Pan American Journal of Public Health (Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública), 45 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C. J., Karriker-Jaffe, K. J., Li, L., & Zemore, S. E.  (2020). Neighborhood context and drug use among Mexican Americans on and off the U.S.-Mexico border. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 81 (6) 770-779 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel CJ, Witbrodt J, Korcha RA, Ye Y, Monteiro MG, Chou P. (2019). Dose-response relationship of alcohol and injury cause: effects of country-level drinking pattern and alcohol policy. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43 850-856 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Witbrodt, J., Ye, Y., & Korcha, R. (2018). A multi-level analysis of emergency department data on drinking patterns, alcohol policy and cause of injury in 28 countries. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 192 172-178 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Witbrodt, J., Korcha, R., Ye, Y., Kool, B., Monteiro, M. (2018). Multi-level analysis of alcohol-related injury, societal drinking pattern and alcohol control policy: Emergency room data from 28 countries. Addiction , 113 2031-2040 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Monteiro, M. (2018). Risk of violence-related injury from alcohol consumption and burden to society in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 42 (7) Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Korcha, R.A., Witbrodt, J., Ye, Y., (2018). Risk of alcohol-related injury: does societal drinking context make a difference?. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79 876-880 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Stockwell, T., Vallance, K., Chow, C. (2018). Recall bias across seven days in self-reported alcohol consumption prior to injury among emergency department patients. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 382-388 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Poznyak, V. (2018). Single episode of alcohol use resulting in injury: a cross-sectional study in 21 countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 96 335-42 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C. J., Li, L., Borges, G., & Zemore, S. E. (2017). Age at immigration and substance use and problems among males and females at the U.S.–Mexico border. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78 (6) 827-834 Abstract or Full Text
  • Borges G, Monteiro M, Cherpitel CJ, Orozco R, Ye Y, Poznyak V, Peden M, Pechansky F, Cremonte M, Reid SD, Mendez J (2017). Alcohol and road traffic injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean: a case-crossover study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41 (10) 1731-1737 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Andreuccetti G., Stockwell T., Vallance K., Chow C., Brubacher J.R. (2017). Risk of injury from alcohol, marijuana and other drug use among emergency department patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 174 121-127 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Bond, J., Woolard, R., Villalobos,  S., Bernstein, J., Bernstein, E., Ramos, R. (2016). Brief intervention in the emergency department among Mexican-origin young adults at the U.S.-Mexico border: outcomes of a randomized controlled clinical trial using Promotores. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 5 154-163 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Bond J., Borges G., Monteiro M. (2015). Relative risk of injury from acute alcohol consumption: modeling the dose-response relationship in emergency department data from 18 countries. Addiction, 110 (2) 279-88 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y. (2015). Performance of the RAPS4/RAPS4-QF for DSM-5 compared to DSM-IV alcohol use disorders in the general population: data from the 2000-2010 National Alcohol Surveys. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 151 258-261 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Bond J., Zemore S.E., Borges G., Greenfield T.K. (2015). Border effects on DSM-5 alcohol use disorders on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Jan. 19 Abstract or Full Text

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